Center for Healthy Communities

December 4, 2023

Anne Marie Thompson, MPH, CHES, CLC joined the Center for Health Equity (CHE) in October 2023 as Senior Project Manager.

December 4, 2023

Maha Almohamad, MS, who works as a Graduate Research Associate and is currently pursuing her PhD in Epidemiology, received $10,000 in grant funding from the Walmart Foundation, offered by the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition (GSCN).

December 4, 2023

The Humana Foundation awarded $249,963 to a current study, Produce Prescription to Improve Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes among At-risk Children and Their Families, led by the Center for Health Equity and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Shreela Sharma, PhD, Ru-Che (Lindi) Chuang, DrPH, and Sandra McKay, MD.

October 16, 2023

Food is Medicine in recent history is being defined as a set of interventions that include the provision of healthy food to prevent, manage, or treat specific clinical conditions in partnership with healthcare organizations, health plans, or both.

October 16, 2023

“I am simply honored to be a champion of The Network of Behavioral Health Providers' efforts and Pathways HUB development for our region. This is a cornerstone systems approach to improving care coordination, access to health and social services, as well as improving health equity."

October 12, 2023

“I have always been very passionate about social justice and equity as a whole, but through this internship, I learned that working in the health equity and policy field is definitely something I should take into consideration."

October 12, 2023

This fall, the center will introduce the initiative “Produce Rx in High-Risk Pregnant Mothers at Harris Health,” which will provide pregnant mothers with a Produce Prescription Program (FoodRx) to analyze the impact of healthy food on gestational weight gain, birth outcomes, and improve care for low-income mothers in Harris County.

October 5, 2023

Assistant Professor with the Department of Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Jemima John, PhD, has been awarded a three-year $388,000 k01 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

October 2, 2023

MPH student Wes Gibson was inspired to pursue his MPH in Health Services Organization at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health by his work with the Health Equity Collective and the Houston Food Bank's Food for Change initiative.